Leading Hispanic Educator Voted NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen, an elementary school teacher from Utah, has been elected vice president of the National Education Association by the nearly 10,000 delegates at its 146th Annual Meeting here, the NEA announced.
“I am grateful for the continued support of our membership, and will continue to work to make public education the number one priority for America's lawmakers,” said Eskelsen. “We must provide our teachers with the resources they need to ensure that all children receive the great public school education they deserve.”
Eskelsen has served two three-year terms as secretary-treasurer of the NEA, the nation's largest professional organization, representing 3.2 million educators. The association said she is one of the highest-ranking labor leaders in the country and one of its most powerful Hispanic educators.
Eskelsen has held leadership positions n the NEA since her 1990 write-in election as president of the 18,000-member Utah Education Association. She served in this post until 1996, when she was elected to the nine-member NEA Executive Committee.
